Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-04
HAIR OIL AND HAIR DYE.
Very Few Men Use Them NOWADAYS.
Gray Hair Rather Fashionable.

every few men want Oil on their hair nova
days." said popular F-street barber to STAB
reporter yesterday. "a few years ago the man
| who didn't use hair Oil was the exception; now
the man who does use 1t Is the exception. Of
course we glad OF the change in TASTE for It Il
money In our pockets. Five years ago had to
have fresh supply of Oil twice a week; now, the
same quantity Will last me month"
"How about dyeing the hair and beard7" the re-
porter asked.
"There has been even greater falling OF in the
use OF dye than in the use Of hair Oil the barber
class of gay old fellows who dyed their hair and
Wh1skers almost as regularly as they shaved.
Most OF these men were more or less inclined to be
sports or beaus, and always wanted to look as
young as possible Others however, were respect
able and steady going citizens and business men,
who gave in to their vanity enough to want to
keep looking young. Then there was large class
OF out-and-Out gamblers and sharperS who seemed
TO have an idea 1T was out OF keeping with their
and mustaches; so that nearly all gamblers or
sports who had red sandy hair on their face, or
on their head, for that matter, used to have it
dyed regularly as black as they could get 1t. A
few OF these are still around town. It's easy
enough TO tell them, because their eyebrows don't
match the rest of the hair on their face"
$50 you don't have mucn use for hair dye nova
days?" the reporter Intercepted, TO keep up the
How OF tonsorial "reminiscences and reflections,
which, contrary to the traditions Of the craft,
seemed to show signs OF drying up.
mo, indeed. When man comes along now and
ASKS 10 nave his muSCache or hair dyed he usually
catches us unprepared, and il we have any dye on
nand at all 1t generally takes good while to
hunt 1t up and get the bottle busted of. think
we nave only one regular customer in that line
now, and he isn't an old man, either. He Is q
young Fellow whose hair is black, or nearly black,
while his eyebrows and beard are sandy. He has
his wh1Skers and eyebrows dyed to match his hair
regularly twice a month.
"But young men don't seem to care nowadays II
their halr and beard are gray In fact, they seem
TO be rather proud OF it. When they really begin
to grow old-that is. when they get within a few
laps OF nfty-they get sensitive about it, however,
and II they are not bald frequently inquire to
the means for preventing the hair from turning
gray, etc.
"Oh, yes, a great many men use cosmetic on
their mustaches," the barber continued, in re-
lew VINO don't use it. Sometime ago most men
wouldn't let barber put any powder on their
races alter shaving. Now nearly all ask for 1t.
It's Imaginable how particular some men are about
their hair No matter how much care the barber
takes about combing and brushing it, they are
never SatlS1Sd, but always insist on taking the
COMP and brush themselves and arranging 1t just
SO, with every hair lying in a certain position.
'Olu customers? I've got three that have
shaved and Sheared for seventeen years. think,
without ever missing shaving day, except when
they were out OF town, or / sick for over a
week. They won't, under any consideration, let
any one else touch them, unless they know won't
be around for three or four days. One Of them let
his beard grow couple or times when business
compelled him to be out OF the city for u long
time. They wait for Inc for hours when there are
several ahead OF them, and very often miss their
shaving day rather than allow another barber TO
touch their faces. A man with tender skin is
about as big crank on the subject OF BARRIERS and
razOrS as you can imagine